Business, advocacy group find some common ground on health care
The advocacy group that championed the Wal-Mart bill in 2005 and 2006 will do something unprecedented in the 2007 legislative session: agree with the Maryland Chamber of Commerce.

Influx at bases a test for Md.
“The good news is, we got the jobs,” John Kortecamp, Executive Vice President of the Home Builders Association of Maryland said. “The bad news is, they require housing and transportation.”

Getting on track for BRAC
We already know BRAC arrivals will strain public school capacity and exacerbate tight housing markets, especially in Harford, Cecil, Anne Arundel and Howard counties. The real nightmare, though, could happen on the highways.

Md. tax revenues falling below forecasts
“The sky hasn’t fallen yet,” said Warren Deschenaux, the legislature’s chief fiscal analyst. “In fact, it’s falling at roughly the rate we predicted.”

GOP senators no closer to picking leader
After spending nine hours in their fourth-floor caucus room on Tuesday, GOP senators emerged no closer to electing a leader than they were when they walked in.